PlainOl', Daniel Pearl was murdered by a bunch of Islamic thugs who killed him because he was an American reporter. He was one of our own, and his faith means nothing in this matter.
You seem to forget who our allies are, and are not..... I have issues with those politicians who might put Israel's foreign policy, ahead of our own foreign policy, (as well as with other issues revoling around Israel, their lack of concern when it comes to breaking treaties, contracts, spying against the United States, etc.) but nevertheless, Israel is an ally of the United States, and while we are at war with Islam, (and we are at war with Islam....Until such time as Islam reforms much like Christianity and Judaism have reformed, Islam is in total conflict with the West) it boils down to remembering who our friends are! On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 8:17 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]>wrote: > Perl was killed because he was a jew - not because he was journalist > > some don't forget > > On May 22, 8:31 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > After all Daniel Pearl was one of their own. Does the death of one of > > their own really mean so little to the media? > > > > Establishment Press Largely Covers Obama's Tracks on Disgraceful > > Daniel Pearl Remark > > < > http://www.bizzyblog.com/2010/05/22/establishment-press-largely-cover...> > > > > Filed under: MSM Biz/Other Bias > > <http://www.bizzyblog.com/category/msm-biz-bias/>, MSM Biz/Other > > Ignorance <http://www.bizzyblog.com/category/msm-biz-ignorance/>, Taxes > > & Government <http://www.bizzyblog.com/category/taxes-government/> --- > > TBlumer @ 10:33 am > > > > DanielPearlInIslamistCaptorsVid2002President Barack Obama's statement > > just before he signed the Freedom of the Press Act on Monday painfully > > avoided reality to the point of giving offense. If it became widely > > known, it would likely become very problematic. > > > > Here is what the President said > > <http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-signing-.. > .> > > that was particularly offensive (bolds are mine): > > > > And obviously *the loss* of Daniel Pearl was one of those moments > > that *captured the world's imagination* because it reminded us of > > how valuable a free press is, and it reminded us that there are > > those who would go to any length in order to silence journalists > > around the world. > > > > Two key administration-protecting original news disseminators picked up > > on the need to keep the bolded words out of their news coverage of the > > event. The Associated Press, which usually (i.e., almost always) quotes > > the president in related stories, provided no quotes in its terse > > five-paragraph report > > <http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h3WHtDXRETxBP2JN2_i.. > .>, > > the first four of which follow (for fair use and discussion purposes, of > > course): > > > > *Obama signs Freedom of Press Act* > > > > President Barack Obama has signed a law intended to provide more > > protections for a free press around the world. > > > > The law, the Daniel Pearl Freedom of Press Act, expands efforts to > > identify countries where press freedom is being violated. The law is > > named after Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was beheaded > > by militants in Pakistan in 2002. > > > > The law expands an annual report on human rights practices to > > include information about media treatment, and identify countries > > where the media is being repressed. > > > > Obama said the law would be a signal to governments around the world > > that their actions, including treatment of the media, are being > watched. > > > > The New York Times's five-paragraph story > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/world/18press.html?scp=2&sq=daniel+.. > .> > > quoted other portions of Obama's statement: > > > > *U.S. to Promote Press Freedom* > > > > President Obama signed legislation on Monday intended to promote a > > free press around the world, a bipartisan measure inspired by the > > murder in Pakistan of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal > > reporter, shortly after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. > > > > ... The new law "puts us clearly on the side of journalistic > > freedom," Mr. Obama said, praising Mr. Pearl's family for being > > "outspoken and so courageous" in pursuing the cause. With the law, > > the president added, "his legacy lives on." > > > > The less influential wire service AFP must not have gotten the memo, as > > carried it the statement quoted above. Its 10-paragraph story > > <http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5glN6l4afLkwukZGjvR.. > .> > > also provided historical context AP and the Times avoided, as well as a > > clearly superior headline: > > > > *Obama signs law honoring slain reporter Daniel Pearl* > > > > ..."The loss of Daniel Pearl was one of those moments that captured > > the world's imagination because it reminded us how valuable a free > > press is," Obama said. > > > > ... Pearl, 38, was the South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street > > Journal when he was abducted in Karachi on January 23, 2002 while > > researching a story about Islamist militants. > > > > A graphic video showing his decapitation was delivered to the US > > consulate in the city nearly a month later. > > > > Mariane Pearl was pregnant with their son when her husband was > murdered. > > > > In 2007, she filed a lawsuit Wednesday against 23 individuals and > > organizations over the abduction and murder of Pearl, naming > > Al-Qaeda, the group's alleged mastermind kingpin Khalid Sheikh > > Mohammed --- who claimed responsibility for beheading Pearl and is > > now in US custody --- and Pakistan's Habib Bank among the defendants. > > > > In his column > > <http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/pearl-249812-daniel-obama.html> > > today, Mark Steyn finishes the job AFP only began. As usual with Steyn, > > read the whole thing. Here are selected paragraphs: > > > > ... its clumsiness and insipidness is most revealing. First of all, > > note the passivity: "The loss of Daniel Pearl." He wasn't "lost." He > > was kidnapped and beheaded. He was murdered on a snuff video. He was > > specifically targeted, seized as a trophy, a high-value scalp. And > > the circumstances of his "loss" merit some vigor in the prose. Yet > > Obama can muster none. > > > > Even if Americans don't get the message, the rest of the world does. > > This week's pictures of the leaders of Brazil and Turkey clasping > > hands with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are also monuments to American > passivity. > > > > But what did the "loss" of Daniel Pearl mean? Well, says the > > president, it was "one of those moments that captured the world's > > imagination." Really? Evidently it never captured Obama's > > imagination because, if it had, he could never have uttered anything > > so fatuous. He seems literally unable to imagine Pearl's fate, and > > so, cruising on autopilot, he reaches for the all-purpose bromides > > of therapeutic sedation: "one of those moments" -- you know, like > > Princess Di's wedding, Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction, > > whatever -- "that captured the world's imagination." > > > > Notice how reflexively Obama lapses into sentimental one-worldism: > > Despite our many zip codes, we are one people, with a single > > imagination. In fact, the murder of Daniel Pearl teaches just the > > opposite -- that we are many worlds, and worlds within worlds. Some > > of them don't even need an "imagination." Across the planet, the > > video of an American getting his head sawed off did brisk business > > in the bazaars and madrassahs and Internet downloads. Excited young > > men e-mailed it to friends, from cell phone to cell phone, from > > Karachi to Jakarta to Khartoum to London to Toronto to Falls Church, > > Virginia. In the old days, you needed an "imagination" to conjure > > the juicy bits of a distant victory over the Great Satan. But in an > > age of high-tech barbarism the sight of Pearl's severed head is a > > mere click away. > > > > And the rest of "the world"? Most gave a shrug of indifference. And > > far too many found the reality of Pearl's death too uncomfortable, > > and chose to take refuge in the same kind of delusional pap as Obama. > > > > I daresay that if a Republican or conservative president had suggested > > that the "loss" of Dr. Martin Luther King had "captured the world's > > imagination," the AP and the Times would not have so deliberately > > avoided such a statement, and would instead have eagerly sought out > > others to criticize it. > > > > /Cross-posted at NewsBusters.org > > <http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2010/05/22/establishment-pres.. > .>. > > / > > > > /http://www.bizzyblog.com/2010/05/22/establishment-press-largely-cover. > .. > > / > > > > -- > > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > > For options & help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > > > * Visit our other community > > athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> > > > * It's active and moderated. 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